implement IDisposable

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public class MyClass : IDisposable
{
    private StringWriter _resource;
    private bool _disposed;

    public MyClass(StringWriter stringWriter)
    {
        _resource = stringWriter;
    }

    public void DoSomething()
    {
        if (_disposed) throw new ObjectDisposedException("Resource was disposed.");
        string text = _resource.ToString();
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        Dispose(true);
        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
    }

    protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
    {
        if (!_disposed)
        {
            if (disposing)
            {
                if (_resource != null) _resource.Dispose();
            }

            _resource = null;
            _disposed = true;
        }
    }
}

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